MOT History from tests of petrol VOLVO 740s year 1994

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Pass percent:57.69%

(The average a petrol VOLVO 740 year 1994 passes without issue)

Based on:26 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	4
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	4
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	3
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	3
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	3
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive \|7.3.D.4\|	2
Nearside Front Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings \|2.2.B.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt damaged sufficient to obstruct correct operation of the belt \|5.2.2a\|	1
Offside Front Seat belt damaged sufficient to obstruct correct operation of the belt \|5.2.2a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Offside Rear Seat belt damaged sufficient to obstruct correct operation of the belt \|5.2.2a\|	1
Offside Rear Seat belt damaged sufficient to significantly weakened the webbing \|5.2.2a\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Exhaust tailpipe not capable of allowing the emission probe to be inserted \|7.3.D.1\|	1
Emissions not tested \|7.0\|	1
front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Windscreen has damage	1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| incomplete \|1.1.4a\|	1
Offside Brake cable has wires broken and is significantly weakened \|3.5.1b\|	1

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	4
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	4
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	3
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	3
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	3
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	2
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive \|7.3.D.4\|	2
Nearside Front Steering arm has relative movement at its fixings \|2.2.B.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt damaged sufficient to obstruct correct operation of the belt \|5.2.2a\|	1
Offside Front Seat belt damaged sufficient to obstruct correct operation of the belt \|5.2.2a\|	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Offside Rear Seat belt damaged sufficient to obstruct correct operation of the belt \|5.2.2a\|	1
Offside Rear Seat belt damaged sufficient to significantly weakened the webbing \|5.2.2a\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Exhaust tailpipe not capable of allowing the emission probe to be inserted \|7.3.D.1\|	1
Emissions not tested \|7.0\|	1
front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Windscreen has damage	1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| incomplete \|1.1.4a\|	1
Offside Brake cable has wires broken and is significantly weakened \|3.5.1b\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol VOLVO 740s year 1994

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